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Incident · No damage

FAA incident report · Beech 200 · Anchorage, AK · July 15, 2009

Date
July 15, 2009 · 12:22 local
Place
Anchorage, AK
Airport
Anchorage Int.
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
ENHA
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N90PB
Reported as
Beech 200
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney PT6A series
People aboard
10
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
19,700 total8,990 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On departure from anc to eni, grant aviation pilot noted master caution. Approximately 3 seconds after canceling the master caution re-illuminated and left engine chip detector light began flickering at which point pilot requested turn around from anc tower for mechanical issues. Chip light continued to flicker for 20 seconds then remained illuminated constantly. Aircraft landed and taxied back with no further incidents.

As the FAA filed it

ON DEPARTURE FROM ANC TO ENI, GRANT AVIATION PILOT NOTED MASTER CAUTION. APPROXIMATELY 3 SECONDS AFTER CANCELING THE MASTER CAUTION RE-ILLUMINATED AND LEFT ENGINE CHIP DETECTOR LIGHT BEGAN FLICKERING AT WHICH POINT PILOT REQUESTED TURN AROUND FROM ANC TOWER FOR MECHANICAL ISSUES. CHIP LIGHT CONTINUED TO FLICKER FOR 20 SECONDS THEN REMAINED ILLUMINATED CONSTANTLY. AIRCRAFT LANDED AND TAXIED BACK WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENTS.